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| So cool to see Vickie Carter going to the NFR. I'm curious, how many of you still compete in your 60's, and at what level?
Are you a barn burner like Vickie and June, who still ride like you're 40?
Like Martha Wright, do you burn up the 1D where ever you go?
Or, do you sort of stick with a solid horse that maybe get's you in the 2 or 3D?
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| I am so excited for Vickie. She has always had nice horses, but usually sold them before she could make many rodeo runs. Rachel is definitely riding with her each and every run... She is making a dream come true for a angel that is watching over her! |
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Location: Northwest Florida | Yes she is! It's a beautiful story. I'll definitely be cheering for Vickie and Blaze this year.  |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I just work real hard at controlling my bowel and bladder function. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Bear - 2015-11-05 11:13 AM I just work real hard at controlling my bowel and bladder function. I came on here to see what Bear had to say and oh my gosh just too funny 
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Location: CTX | Bear - 2015-11-05 11:13 AM I just work real hard at controlling my bowel and bladder function.
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Location: Texas |
I do some 50 and over clinics and have found that the secret to success as we age is in finding the right horse. I have a friend who came to one of the clinics that is in her 70's... She was afraid she just didn't have that edge anymore... After riding her mare I knew why! Her horse was really hard to ride in the pattern. She was heavy on her front end and it made her rough around the barrels. I put her on my gelding and she had NO trouble at all riding him through the pattern.
I have lots of ladies come to the clinic that are in their late 50's and 60's who are amazing riders and still running in the top of the 1d. You just need a nice smooth horse as you get older!
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Location: Kansas | Decided it wasn't worth the risk of having a horse fall and breaking one of my bones, especially since I'm still working for a living. So glad they built a beautiful casino four miles from my house.
 It's actually cheaper than barrel racing if you don't get carried away. |
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Location: Windoming | grinandbareit - I have lots of ladies come to the clinic that are in their late 50's and 60's who are amazing riders and still running in the top of the 1d. You just need a nice smooth horse as you get older!
Yep. I'm 60. Last barrel race I went to, the announcer commented on the "smooth black horse"! Even tho he is not my top horse, I love to ride him, cause he is so smooth! Hits mostly the 2D. |
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Location: In my own little world | There are a lot of "wolves" still training and competing extremely tough in their late 50's and 60's. Age is just a number. |
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Location: Missouri | i'm not quite 60, i'm turning 55 soon. I feel like I ride better now than I did in my 30's. I had faster horses then, but felt like a passenger most of the time as I didn't start barrel racing till then. I did hunter/jumper.
Now that I'm older, I have way more confidence on barrel horses. My issue is my body never learned to say GO, because in the past, they horse always had GO. The one I race now I trained, but I am not riding her to her full potential. She's a barrel turning machine, but not alot of speed.
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Location: western Nebraska | I have 9 head of 1-2d horses that I try to get ridden everyday. I sure hurt more when I come in at night then I used t but I don't have any plans of quitting for a long time yet. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | doglady - 2015-11-05 6:28 PM
I have 9 head of 1-2d horses that I try to get ridden everyday. I sure hurt more when I come in at night then I used t but I don't have any plans of quitting for a long time yet.
Yeah, everytime I watch one of your videos, you are running in the 1D on a different horse....can't keep them straight! |
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Mrs. Troy
Location: western Nebraska | Bear - 2015-11-05 7:29 PM
doglady - 2015-11-05 6:28 PM
I have 9 head of 1-2d horses that I try to get ridden everyday. I sure hurt more when I come in at night then I used t but I don't have any plans of quitting for a long time yet.
Yeah, everytime I watch one of your videos, you are running in the 1D on a different horse....can't keep them straight!
Thanks. I have too many and need to sell about half of them. But I am afraid no one else will
Take as good of care as I do of them. Haha. But thanks for saying that. We aren't getting older we are getting wiser. You are supposed to get better at something the longer you do it- right. I keep telling myself that anyway!
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Location: Moving soon..... | I very dear friend of mine is still running in the 1D and she's 73. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I think Bob Manor is at least 80. He was running top of the 1D at big shows up north fairly regularly. I think he's a better rider than most people in their 20's, honestly. Just to give you an idea, once in a while he runs poles. I've posted a 19.8 second run he made just a couple years ago when he was a more spry 78, or thereabouts. I think they should put together a collection of his barrel and pole runs, with slow motion and sell them as educational videos. |
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| Bear - 2015-11-06 10:46 AM
I think Bob Manor is at least 80. He was running top of the 1D at big shows up north fairly regularly. I think he's a better rider than most people in their 20's, honestly. Just to give you an idea, once in a while he runs poles. I've posted a 19.8 second run he made just a couple years ago when he was a more spry 78, or thereabouts. I think they should put together a collection of his barrel and pole runs, with slow motion and sell them as educational videos.
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Location: rabbit run | Bear - 2015-11-06 10:46 AM I think Bob Manor is at least 80. He was running top of the 1D at big shows up north fairly regularly. I think he's a better rider than most people in their 20's, honestly. Just to give you an idea, once in a while he runs poles. I've posted a 19.8 second run he made just a couple years ago when he was a more spry 78, or thereabouts. I think they should put together a collection of his barrel and pole runs, with slow motion and sell them as educational videos.
And he STILL is.
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| I ran in Minnesota at a Barrel Race/Pole Run the end of September. Bob Manor was there on not one but two super nice horses and he was kicking my butt. I hope I can be like him when I get older. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I'm pretty sure Bob is over 80. Does someone know for sure? His daughter Patti Hoveland does a nice job as well. You would think a fella his age would be laid back, but he is a fierce competitor. He and his wife are always side by side. She's his moral support. It's a pretty neat thing to watch.
Bob doesn't take a back seat to anyone, anywhere as far as I'm concerned when it comes to his riding. I'd stack him up against anyone.
Google: Bob Manor and Manor's Nick Bar, and see for yourself.
He always seems to do everything the same way.....walks his horse up the alley, turn him around, squares him up, and makes his 1D run. I don't think there's anyone even in Texas even close to his age who compares. I think he's every bit as tough as June Holeman. |
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